The Moloma Bridge may be closed to traffic all summer

      Recall that in early May, the regional government reported that the cracked bridge over the Moloma could be opened for transport by the end of May. At that time, hydraulic jacks were installed under the bridge, with which they lifted the superstructure and leveled the bridge structure.

      The first deputy chairman of the government of the Kirov region, Alexey Zherdev, held an off-site meeting on the bridge and, as the specialists of the Federal State Institution Updor Prikamye, which is engaged in the restoration of the bridge, informed him, the repair work on the bridge over the Moloma will be completed within two to three weeks, after which traffic can be opened on the bridge.

      Today, on May 16, it became known that the opening dates of the Moloma Bridge may significantly shift. According to the public "Spasskoe on the Pier", according to information from their anonymous source, on Thursday, May 15, a commission from Moscow allegedly arrived at the bridge repair site. "Specialists examined the problematic span of the bridge leveled by express methods and said that "this will not work." Now the road workers will probably have to accomplish another feat, seriously getting down to business, and not just completely leveling, but repairing and strengthening the entire bridge structure. Perhaps the sagging span will even have to be completely replaced," the authors of the public report.

      If major rather than just restoration work is carried out on the bridge, the opening dates will significantly shift, and it is possible that the bridge will be closed to traffic throughout the summer.

      Newsler.ru I sent a request to the Federal State Budgetary Institution Updor Prikamye in order to find out from official sources about the current state of the bridge over the Moloma, as well as about what kind of work is planned to be carried out on the bridge.